Apple has officially introduced its newest M-series processor, the M5. Built on third-generation 3nm technology, the new chip focuses on improvements in terms of AI performance. Of course, this shouldn’t come as a surprise, seeing as it is the current trend.
Either way, the M5 features a 10-core CPU consisting of six efficiency cores and up to four performance cores. According to the bitten fruit brand, the CPU delivers up to 15% faster multithreaded performance when compared to the previous generation. Other features include an improved 16-core Neural Engine, and an almost 30% increase in memory bandwidth to 153GB/s with support for up to 32GB of RAM.
Meanwhile, the 10-core GPU comes with a Neural Accelerator in each core, allowing for AI-related workloads to run faster. Apple claims that the M5 delivers over 4x peak GPU compute when contrasted against the M4. Aside from that, the chip comes with enhanced shader cores. Additionally, the new ray-tracing engine offers a 45% boost in graphics performance.
And finally, we come to the 16-core Neural Engine that complements the Neural Accelerators in the CPU and GPU. Apple claims that it is faster and capable of “more powerful” AI performance while still being energy efficient. In addition to handling AI workloads better in general, the M5 enhances performance for Apple Intelligence.
Among the devices that feature the new silicon are the new 14-inch MacBook Pro and the refreshed iPad Pro. Both of these have been launched with the M5, along with the new Vision Pro.
(Source: Apple)
